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Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219

Community service through scholarships and other activities, services to veteran's organizations and disabled veterans, provision of facilities for use by members.

$39k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
86%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,135
Organizations funded a year
1 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$329k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving41$39k80%
FY202422$28k86%
FY202312$7k83%
FY202218$18k83%
FY202112$13k92%
FY20201$333100%
FY20191$12k0%
FY20181$15k0%
83% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$41kEducation$35kHuman Services$28kPhilanthropy$15kMembership Benefit$8kHousing & Shelter$7kPublic Benefit$4kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
WV
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pennsylvania Elks Major Projects Inc$39,87841%
Elks National Foundation Inc$14,28030%
Center for Family Services Inc$8,60021%
St James Haven Inc$6,84722%
Veterans of the Vietnam War Inc Project Support Our Troops$6,5001n/a
Women's Services Inc$3,59710%
Pennsylvania State University$3,5001n/a
Mercyhurst University$3,00030%
Allegheny College$2,00010%
Saint Francis University$1,50010%
Show all 35 grantees
All grantees of Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pennsylvania Elks Major Projects Inc$39,87841%
Elks National Foundation Inc$14,28030%
Center for Family Services Inc$8,60021%
St James Haven Inc$6,84722%
Veterans of the Vietnam War Inc Project Support Our Troops$6,5001n/a
Women's Services Inc$3,59710%
Pennsylvania State University$3,5001n/a
Mercyhurst University$3,00030%
Allegheny College$2,00010%
Saint Francis University$1,50010%
Seton Hill University$1,00010%
Marywood University$1,00010%
Bethany College$1,00010%
University of Pittsburgh$1,00010%
Hiram College$1,00010%
Joni and Friends$1,00010%
College for Creative Studies$1,00010%
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics$1,00010%
Daemen University$1,00010%
Yale University$1,0001n/a
Kent State University$1,0001n/a
Unsigned Santa Inc$6002n/a
Samaritan's Purse$50010%
The University of Findlay$50010%
Bethesda Children's Home$50010%
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 21$4221n/a
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks$33310%
Quilts of Valor Foundation$25020%
Boosters of Camp Cadet$2001n/a
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$20010%
Family Children & Community Association$20010%
Vallonia Industries Inc$10010%
Meadville Area Free Clinic$1001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$10010%
Folds of Honor Eastern-Pa-Nj-Chapter$10010%

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPennsylvania Elks Major Projects Inc: $39,878 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetElks National Foundation Inc: $14,280 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Family Services Inc: $8,600 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSt James Haven Inc: $6,847 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWomen's Services Inc: $3,597 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMercyhurst University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAllegheny College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeton Hill University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarywood University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethany College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHiram College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJoni and Friends: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege for Creative Studies: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDaemen University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Children's Home: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenevolent and Protective Order of Elks: $333 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQuilts of Valor Foundation: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Children & Community Association: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVallonia Industries Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of America: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor Eastern-Pa-Nj-Chapter: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Crawford Heritage Community FoundationPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Crawford Heritage Community Foundation · Ljl Family Foundation · Harry Winslow Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219

How much does Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 give?
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 reported 41 grants totaling $38,834 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (23%), Human Services (18%).
Who are Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pennsylvania Elks Major Projects Inc ($40k), Elks National Foundation Inc ($14k), Center for Family Services Inc ($9k).
Does Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Crawford Heritage Community Foundation, Ljl Family Foundation, Harry Winslow Foundation.
Where is Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 based?
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge 219 is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2026) is on record and reports $34k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2025, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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